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California companies reportedly raised more so far in 2026 than all US startups in any prior year on record
Crunchbase News puts California's 2026-to-date seed-through-growth funding at $385 billion, more than three-fourths of US startup funding this year.
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Joanna Glasner of Crunchbase News reports that California companies raised $385 billion in seed- through growth-stage rounds so far in 2026, surpassing all US startups' totals in any prior year on record. San Francisco-based OpenAI and Anthropic account for more than half the California figure. The report also puts California's seed- and early-stage funding at nearly $62 billion, roughly 57% of the US total at those stages.
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